She lived for a time in Thebes.
The Sphinx was a very famous icon, especially in Greek mythology. The Sphinx is known as a female monster which has the body of a lion, the head of a woman, eagle wings and serpent tale. The role of the Sphinx was to reign terror on a town.
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
The Egyptian Sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of a human. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was a demon with a form like a winged lion with a woman's head, though sometimes she was depicted with a lion's paws, claws and breasts of a lion, a serpent's tail and the wings of an eagle. The Greek Sphinx was intelligent and terrorized an entrance to the city of Thebes, refusing passage - killing people - unless her riddle was solved. The hero odepius answear the question and the sphinx killed itself
To answer your question, no, there is not a griffin known to the Greek Gods. Although, the closest thing to a Griffin is a Sphinx. A Sphinx is a monster with the body of a huge lion and the head of a woman. It's huge paws have claws like stainless steel.
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Sphinx is a fictitious being in the ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology. It had a lion's body and a human head. In the Greek tradition Sphinx had a woman's head and breast.
ask the Sphinx?
The Sphinx was a very famous icon, especially in Greek mythology. The Sphinx is known as a female monster which has the body of a lion, the head of a woman, eagle wings and serpent tale. The role of the Sphinx was to reign terror on a town.
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it is to have been believed that Pharaoh Khufu's (Greek: Cheops) face was on The Great Sphinx.
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
There is no evidence that anyone did live inside the Sphinx, and no proof there is an inside where anyone could live.
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The word "Sphinx" came from the greek language, there is a similar creature with the wings of a bird, the body of a tiger and the face of a women, and they called it the sphinx